What is "latched"

Usage examples of "latched".

He pushed it until it latched and then swam out of the opening into the lukewarm water of the bay.

Vaughn had undogged the lower hatch to the bridge-access trunk, opened it and latched it in the up position.

Morris, suspecting what was coming, latched one end of the long tether to his harness and tossed the coiled lanyard over a shoulder, stuffing the sledgehammer into one of the straps of the harness.

Mycelle, the door to the apothecary swung closed and latched with a loud click.

He slammed the door and latched it, blocking our only means of escape.

A small sculptured iron fist had latched around his scrawny neck, throttling the man.

Sy-wen had to lean against the pull of the water, her fingers latched to a scaled ridge of bone.

Wordlessly the Valeman packed his few belongings and latched the door of the cottage behind him as he followed the Druid out.

A single shuttered window stood latched and barred behind drawn curtains.

From time to time they passed lack, empty passageways tunneling through the stone and isolated doors, closed and latched, but Wisp did not slow.

Felicity entered her own suite and firmly latched the door behind her.

Walking straight to the front door, she firmly latched it, then stood tapping her chin with a slim finger.

Inside the hall, she latched the front door and silently moved through the darkened house toward the back stairs.

Diegan reached across, caught the frame of the casement, and pulled closed and latched the mullioned panes.

He got instead a disruptive intervention by brisk hands that first rolled him over, then latched his armpits in a grip like torture and peeled him up from the ground.